Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Jugendstil Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass
1980s French Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
20th Century American George III Tea Sets
Silver
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Chrome
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
1850s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Industrial Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1770s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century English Tea Sets
Rock Crystal
Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany
Late 20th Century North American Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Turkish Art Deco Tea Sets
Paste, Fruitwood, Oak, Paint
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Copper
1980s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s Belgian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
Late 20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Majolica
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-19th Century Polish Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Tea Sets
Carnelian, Pewter, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Gold Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Pewter
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Chrome
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique, New and Vintage Tea Sets
Ready to serve high tea and brunch for your family and friends? Start with the right antique, new or vintage tea set.
Tea is a multicultural, multinational beverage and isn’t confined to any particular lifestyle or age group. It has humble beginnings, and one of its best-known origin stories places the first cups of tea in 2700 B.C. in China, where it was recognized for its medicinal properties. Jump ahead to 17th-century England, when Chinese tea began to arrive at ports in London. During the early 1800s, tea became widely affordable, and the concept of teatime took shape all over England. Today, more than 150 million people reportedly drink tea daily in the United States.
Early tea drinkers enjoyed their beverage in a bowl, and English potters eventually added a handle to the porcelain bowls so that burning your fingers became less of a teatime hazard. With the rise in the popularity of teatime, tea sets, also referred to as tea service, became a hot commodity.
During Queen Victoria’s reign, teakettles and coffeepots were added to tea services that were quite large — indeed, small baked goods were served with your drink back then, and a tea set could include many teacups and saucers, a milk pot and other accessories.
During the early 1920s, a sterling-silver full tea service and tray designed by Tiffany & Co. might include a hot-water kettle on a stand, a coffeepot, teapot, a creamer with a small lip spout, a waste bowl and a bowl for sugar, which the British were stirring into tea as early as the 18th century.
But you don’t have to limit your tea set to Victorian or Art Deco styles — shake up teatime with an artful contemporary service. If the bold porcelain cups and saucers by Italian brand Seletti are too unconventional for your otherwise subdued tea circle, find antique services on 1stDibs from Japan, France and other locales as well as vintage mid-century modern tea sets and neoclassical designs.